This grant is intended to help Producers maximise the chance of securing production funding, to finalise the complete development stage and bring the project to the stage where it can be taken into Production. Projects seeking support under this scheme must be for scripts that are at an advanced stage and approaching market-readiness. The application must come from the producer on behalf of a team including a writer and a director if attached to the project. VAT registration is obligatory for applicants applying for this scheme.
Applications must be made by an Independent Audiovisual Company that has audiovisual production (does not apply to The Short Film Production – NEW TALENT grant and International Film Festival Fees Grant) as its main purpose and activity and a company that is duly registered as an audiovisual production company in Malta/Europe, having at least one director or a major shareholder of the company who is a Maltese/European citizen.
Applicants must satisfy the eligible criteria as outlined in the relevant guidelines.
This grant is intended to help Producers maximise the chance of securing production funding, to finalise the complete development stage and bring the project to the stage where it can be taken into Production. Projects seeking support under this scheme must be for scripts that are at an advanced stage and approaching market-readiness. The application must come from the producer on behalf of a team including a writer and a director if attached to the project. VAT registration is obligatory for applicants applying for this scheme.
Applications must be made by an Independent Audiovisual Company that has audiovisual production (does not apply to The Short Film Production – NEW TALENT grant and International Film Festival Fees Grant) as its main purpose and activity and a company that is duly registered as an audiovisual production company in Malta/Europe, having at least one director or a major shareholder of the company who is a Maltese/European citizen.
Applicants must satisfy the eligible criteria as outlined in the relevant guidelines.
Production grants awarded are intended to stimulate the realisation of projects. Support for production may only be awarded to applicants for projects which are fully developed. The following schemes aim to provide production support to qualifying productions:
The application must come from the producer on behalf of a team including a writer and director, or a writer/director. The period of eligibility of costs begins from the date of the result notification and ends 12 months after the signing of contract. The application must indicate the other sources and amounts of finance that have been obtained or are being sought for the project (where applicable).
Applications must be made by an Independent Audiovisual Company that has audiovisual production (does not apply to The Short Film Production – NEW TALENT grant and International Film Festival Fees Grant) as its main purpose and activity and a company that is duly registered as an audiovisual production company in Malta/Europe, having at least one director or a major shareholder of the company who is a Maltese/European citizen.
Applicants must satisfy the eligible criteria as outlined in the relevant guidelines.
Distribution support is essential to raise the international profile and to advance and foster a wider international distribution of Maltese Films. Only productions in receipt of Screen Malta production funding are eligible to apply for these grants. There are two schemes, which aim to provide aid to local film makers to distribute completed Maltese films.
The Fund Administrator reserves the right to grant a recipient a smaller amount of funding than applied for; subject to the number of projects recommended for support and the quality of the applications received, prospects for the film and the budget provided. Eligibility and compliance with award criteria alone does not guarantee receipt of funding if demand for funding exceeds available resources or if the proposed projects do not reach the required level in terms of the fund criteria. The Fund Administrator is not required to make any minimum number of awards. Awarding of previous funds does not bind the fund administrators to support further funding of the project.
Applications must be made by an Independent Audiovisual Company that has audiovisual production (does not apply to The Short Film Production – NEW TALENT grant and International Film Festival Fees Grant) as its main purpose and activity and a company that is duly registered as an audiovisual production company in Malta/Europe, having at least one director or a major shareholder of the company who is a Maltese/European citizen.
Film Distribution Marketing Support Grant
Applicants must satisfy the eligible criteria as outlined in the relevant guidelines.
Festival Fees Support Grant
Applicants must satisfy the eligible criteria as outlined in the relevant guidelines.
The Malta Film Commission under the auspices of the Ministry for Tourism is responsible for the management and administration of the Screen Malta. In accordance with Budgetary Measures 5641 the Screen Malta has a total allocation of €600,000.
The objective of the Screen Malta is to nurture and back the development, production and distribution of Maltese qualifying productions in all genres from new and established filmmakers for local and international distribution. It also aims to promote Maltese storytelling, Maltese stories and Maltese cinema and by doing so, improve the structure of the Maltese indigenous film industry.
The Film Fund has the following main objectives:
1) To encourage the creation of quality productions;
2) To support Maltese filmmaking talent that demonstrates long-term potential;
3) To preserve and promote Maltese cultural and linguistic diversity through qualifying productions;
4) To develop the artistic scope, quality and dissemination of Maltese qualifying productions;
5) To strengthen films as a cultural product and Malta as a production location.
GUIDELINES BELOW ARE THE GENERAL MALTA FILM FUND GUIDELINES.
Call Closed – Wednesday 30 September 2020 – 12pm